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p.mich.15.752 spätes IIAlexandria (?)

Private Letters via APIS-papyrus

Letters of Sempronius to his mother Satornila and his brother Maximus. A papyrus carrying two private letters from Sempronius, one to his mother Satornila sending greetings and asking for news of her health, the other to his brother Maximus about missing letters, errands done and a garment with purple trim being made for him. Late 2nd century AD, probably from Alexandria. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Σεμπρώνιος Σατορνίλᾳ τῇ μητρὶ καὶ κυρίᾳ μου πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι μετὰ καὶ τῶν γλυκυτάτων ἀδελφῶν μου, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ προσκύνημα ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι ἡμερησίως παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι. εὑρὼν τὸν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐρχόμενον ἀναπλέονταἠπειγόμην διʼ ἐπιστολῆς ἀσπάσασθαι ὑμᾶς. ἐρωτηθεῖσα, ἡ κυρία μου, ἀνόκνως μοι γράφειν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, ἵνα ἀμεριμνότερα διάγω. περὶ τῶν ἱματίων μου ἄλλοτε γράψω σοι[…]… […]σθη[…]τοῦ φίλου μου[…]πα[…]ν κυρία, πῶς μοι διάγεις …[…]…[…] εἰ δὲ ε[…]ινει…ν…η[…]… […] …[…] ποιήσεις ἢ πέμψασα […] […]νου. ἄσπασαι Μάξιμον καὶ τὴν σύμβιον αὐτοῦ καὶ Σατορνῖλον Κέλερα[…]σοι γράψω περὶ αὐτοῦ κοὐ δ[…]…αιθε […] τὸν ἄνθρωπον[…]ς μάθῃ […]…εα…[…] […]…σον μοι τι[…] τί σὺ περισσῶς βαρύνει ὑπὸ τ[…]. ἀπολάβῃς Κοπρῆν καὶ Νικι[…]ρα[…] […]ι… Ἑρμεῖνος δὲ τ[…]……[…] […]…ρω…υτα ατρ…[…]θε[…] […]νετο. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. Σεμπρώνιος Μαξίμῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. πρὸ τῶν ὅλων ἐρρῶσθαι σε εὔχομαι. ἐκομισάμην σου ἐπιστόλιον διʼ οὗ μοι γράφεις δύο ἐπιστολάς μοι ἀπεσταλκέναι. ἴσθι, ἄδελφε, ὅτι μίαν μόνην ἐκομισάμην. γράφεις μοι περὶ Λωβώτου ὡς πρ[…]ασε[…]… οὐκ ἔστιν εὐχερὲς παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ τὰ ἀρεστὰ δοῦναι. διὰ τὸν σκυλμόν σοι πλ…[…]…ι…[…]… μή με μεμφοῦ ὡς ἀμελοῦντα. κατ[…]…[…] τὰ μὲν ἔστην διʼ ἀσχολίαν παρʼ ἐμῷ πάντα δὲ ὅσα μοι εἴρηκας ἐπλήρωσα, τάχιον δὲ διὰ …[…] πέμπεταί σοι. ἀσπάζομαι τὴν σύμβιόν σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἔρρωσο μοι, ἄδελφε. ὃν ποιεῖς μοι βαρυγαύδην πρὸς ὃν πεποίηκας […] πορφυρᾶς ἔχοντα προσποδω κεἰς τὸ τραχήλιον κεἰς τὰ χειρίδια ἁπλοῦς π……τρα γενέσθω τὰ κεἰς ὀσφυ[…] [v] ἀπόδος Μαξίμῳ ἀδελφῷ παρὰ Σεμπρωνίου.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Sempronius to Satornila his mother and lady, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well, together with my sweetest brothers, and at the same time I make obeisance for you daily before the lord Sarapis. Having found the man coming to you sailing upstream, I hastened to greet you by letter. Please, my lady, write to me without hesitation about your welfare, so that I may live with less anxiety. About my garments I will write to you another time […] […] of my friend […] Lady, how are you doing […] but if […] […] you will do, or having sent […] […] Greet Maximus and his wife and Satornilus Celer […] I will write to you about him and […] […] the man […] may learn […] […] me something […] why are you excessively burdened by […]. You will receive Kopres and Niki[…] […] but Hermeinos […] […] […] happened. I pray for your health. Sempronius to Maximus his brother, very many greetings. Before all else I pray that you are well. I received your little letter, in which you write to me that you have sent me two letters. Know, brother, that I received only one. You write to me about Lobotes that […] It is not easy to give every man what pleases him. Because of the trouble […] to you […] do not blame me as negligent. […] some things I held back because of my lack of leisure, but everything you told me I have done, and it is being sent to you quickly through […]. I greet your wife and your children. Farewell, brother. The barygaudes (?) which you are making for me, like the one you have made […], having purple […] at the feet (?) and at the neck and at the sleeves; let […] be plain, and the parts at the loins […] [verso] Deliver to Maximus his brother from Sempronius.

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Found at Alexandria

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